Here at Options for Women, we seek to share as much knowledge as we can with the women who enter our doors. We provide compassionate care that includes honest information about STDs, abortion, pregnancy and adoption. One of the services we provide women who come to our clinic is selected STD screening. This is important…
In this next in our series of blog posts on why you should visit a pregnancy help center such as ours instead of Planned Parenthood, we’re going to break down some more dangerous terminology PP is using to scare women facing unexpected pregnancies. “Abortion is safe, and serious complications are rare – but the risk…
“…beware of so-called ‘crisis pregnancy centers’ These are fake clinics run by people who are anti-abortion. They often don’t give women all their options. They have a history of scaring women into not having abortions. Absolutely no one should pressure you or trick you into making a decision you’re not comfortable with.” These are words…
When faced with an unplanned pregnancy, you may be scared and confused enough without also wondering where to go for help. You want to know that wherever you choose to go for counseling and help will have your best interest in mind. And that’s exactly why you should make your first visit to a pregnancy…
At Options for Women, we want to ensure that women are given the truth about all of the options facing them. When you receive a positive pregnancy test, and are unsure of what you should do, you need to be sure you’re visiting a clinic that has your best interest at heart, and that won’t…
Are you wondering if you might be pregnant? It’s important to know and understand the signs of pregnancy so you can receive proper prenatal care. If you are facing an unplanned pregnancy, it is important to begin the decision making process early – there’s a lot of information to understand, so the earlier you can…
Toward the end of last year, the American Academy of Pediatrics released its official recommendation that intrauterine devices (IUDs) should be used as the first line of contraceptive to prevent unplanned pregnancies. An IUD is a long-lasting birth control method that the AAP recommended as the best for teens because of its “efficacy, safety…
If you’ve ever visited a Planned Parenthood website, or talked with a pro-choice proponent, you may have read or heard that pro-life pregnancy help clinics aren’t actually clinics at all. Many abortion supporters mistakenly tell women that the only place they should go when faced with an unplanned pregnancy is a place like Planned Parenthood,…
The Florida Department of Health-Polk recently released their statistics on sexually transmitted diseases for 2015 in Polk County. Each day, 11 people in Polk County are diagnosed with an STD/STI. Half of those are teens and young adults ages 15 to 24. A total of 4,059 STD cases were reported in Polk County in 2015.…
At Options for Women Pregnancy Clinic, we offer free ultrasounds for all of our patients who have a positive pregnancy test and meet our medical criteria. But what is an ultrasound, and why is it needed? An ultrasound uses sound waves to show a picture (sonogram) of your baby while it is still in your…